Genesis 25

Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

وَعَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَاتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ زَوْجَةً تُدْعَى قَطُورَةَ،

She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ زِمْرَانَ وَيَقْشَانَ وَمَدَانَ وَمِدْيَانَ وَيِشْبَاقَ وَشُوحاً.

Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.

وَأَنْجَبَ يَقْشَانُ شَبَا وَدَدَانَ. أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ دَدَانَ فَهُمْ: أَشُّورِيمُ وَلَطُوشِيمُ وَلأُمِّيمُ.

The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

وَأَبْنَاءُ مِدْيَانَ هُمْ: عَيْفَةُ وَعِفْرُ وَحَنُوكُ وَأَبِيدَاعُ، وَأَلْدَعَةُ. وَهَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ قَطُورَةَ.

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

وَوَرَّثَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحاقَ كُلَّ مَالَهُ.

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

أَمَّا أَبْنَاؤُهُ مِنْ سَرَارِيهِ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَطَايَا، وَصَرَفَهُمْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ نَحْوَ أَرْضِ الْمَشْرِقِ بَعِيداً عَنْ إِسْحاقَ ابْنِهِ.

Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.

وَعَاشَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِئَةً وَخَمْساً وَسَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

ثُمَّ مَاتَ بِشَيْبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَى أَسْلافِهِ،

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,

فَدَفَنَهُ ابْنَاهُ إِسْحاقُ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ فِي مَغَارَةِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، فِي حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ الْحِثِّيِّ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا،

the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.^[a] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

وَهُوَ الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، وَفِيهِ دُفِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سَارَةُ.

After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

Ishmael’s Sons

وَبَعْدَ وَفَاةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بَارَكَ اللهُ إِسْحاقَ ابْنَهُ، وَأَقَامَ إِسْحاقُ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ لَحَيْ رُئِي.

ذرية إسماعيل

This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.

وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ هَاجَرُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ جَارِيَةُ سَارَةَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ.

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ مَدَوَّنَةً حَسَبَ تَرْتِيبِ وِلادَتِهِمْ: نَبَايُوتُ بِكْرُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَقِيدَارُ وَأَدَبْئِيلُ وَمِبْسَامُ،

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

وَمِشْمَاعُ وَدُومَةُ وَمَسَّا،

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

وَحَدَارُ وَتَيْمَا وَيَطُورُ وَنَافِيشُ وَقِدْمَةُ.

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ بَنُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ حَسَبَ دِيَارِهِمْ وَحُصُونِهِمْ، وَقَدْ صَارُوا اثْنَي عَشَرَ رَئِيساً لاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قَبِيلَةً.

Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.

وَمَاتَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَلَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً، وَلَحِقَ بِقَوْمِهِ.

His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward^[b] all the tribes related to them.

Jacob and Esau

أَمَّا ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَدِ انْتَشَرَتْ مِنْ حَوِيلَةَ إِلَى شُورَ الْمُتَاخِمَةِ لِمِصْرَ فِي اتِّجَاهِ أَشُّورَ، وَكَانَتْ عَلَى عَدَاءٍ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهَا.

يعقوب وعيسو

This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac,

وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ إِسْحاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. أَنْجَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحاقَ.

and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram^[c] and sister of Laban the Aramean.

وَكَانَ إِسْحاقُ فِي الأَرْبَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا تَزَوَّجَ رِفْقَةَ بِنْتَ بَتُوئِيلَ الأَرَامِيِّ مِنْ سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، وَأُخْتَ لابَانَ الأَرَامِيِّ.

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

وَصَلَّى إِسْحاقُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ امْرَأَتِهِ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عَاقِراً، فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ، فَحَمَلَتْ رِفْقَةُ زَوْجَتُهُ.

The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

وَإِذْ تَصَارَعَ الطِّفْلانِ فِي بَطْنِهَا قَالَتْ: «إِنْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ هَكَذَا فَمَالِي وَالْحَبَلُ؟» وَمَضَتْ لِتَسْتَفْهِمَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ

The Lord said to her,

فَقَالَ لَهَا الرَّبُّ: «فِي أَحْشَائِكِ أُمَّتَانِ، يَتَفَرَّعُ مِنْهُمَا شَعْبَانِ. شَعْبٌ يَسْتَقْوِي عَلَى شَعْبٍ، وَكَبِيرٌ يُسْتَعْبَدُ لِصَغِيرٍ».

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

وَعِنْدَمَا اكْتَمَلَتْ أَيَّامُهَا لِتَلِدَ إِذَا فِي أَحْشَائِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.^[d]

فَخَرَجَ الأَوَّلُ مَكْسُوّاً بِالشَّعْرِ وَكَأَنَّهُ يَرْتَدِي فَرْوَةً حَمْرَاءَ، فَدَعَوْهُ عِيسُو (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَشْعَرُ).

After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.^[e] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

ثُمَّ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ وَيَدُهُ قَابِضَةٌ عَلَى عَقِبِ عِيسُو فَدَعَوْهُ يَعْقُوبَ (وَمَعَنَاهُ مُتَعَقِّبٌ). وَكَانَ إِسْحاقُ فِي السِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا أَنْجَبَتْهُمَا لَهُ رِفْقَةُ.

The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

وَكَبُرَ الْوَلَدَانِ، فَأَصْبَحَ عِيسُو صَيَّاداً مَاهِراً وَرَجُلَ بَرِّيَّةٍ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَعْقُوبُ رَجُلاً هَادِئاً يُقِيمُ فِي الْخِيَامِ.

Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

وَأَحَبَّ إِسْحاقُ عِيسُو لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ صَيْدِهِ، أَمَّا رِفْقَةُ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّتْ يَعْقُوبَ.

Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.

وَذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ عَادَ عِيسُو مِنَ الْحَقْلِ مُرْهَقاً فَوَجَدَ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ طَبَخَ طَعَاماً،

He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.^[f])

فَقَالَ عِيسُو لِيَعْقُوبَ: «أَطْعِمْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الطَّبِيخِ الأَحْمَرِ لأَنَّنِي جَائِعٌ جِدّاً». لِهَذَا دُعِيَ عِيسُو بِأَدُومَ.

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «بِعْنِي أَوَّلاً امْتِيَازَاتِ بَكُورِيَّتِكَ».

“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

فَقَالَ عِيسُو: «أَنَا لابُدَّ مَائِتٌ، فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ لِي مِنْ بَكُورِيَّتِي؟»

But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «احْلِفْ لِي أَوَّلًا». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ، وَبَاعَ امْتِيَازَاتِ بَكُورِيَّتِهِ لِيَعْقُوبَ.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.

عِنْدَئِذٍ أَعْطَى يَعْقُوبُ عِيسُو خُبْزاً وَطَبِيخَ عَدَسٍ، فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَامَ وَمَضَى فِي سَبِيلِهِ. وَهَكَذَا احْتَقَرَ عِيسُو امْتِيَازَاتِ الْبَكُورِيَّةِ.